Tadap Yeh Din Raat Ki - Amrapali by Lata Mangeshkar

Some songs are made for a single moment. Tadap Yeh Din Raat Ki - Amrapali is made for all of them. Shankar, Jaikishan sets the tone from the very first bar — it is clear from the opening notes that this song means business.

There are singers who perform songs and singers who live inside them. On Tadap Yeh Din Raat Ki - Amrapali, Lata Mangeshkar clearly belongs in the second group. The connection between Vyjayanthimala, Sunil Dutt and this song is part of what makes it resonate beyond the film itself.

1966 marked the release of Amrapali, and Tadap Yeh Din Raat Ki - Amrapali was the track that ensured the album would be remembered. There is no right time to listen to Tadap Yeh Din Raat Ki - Amrapali. There is only the moment you press play and realise it was the right choice.

Running to 4:23, the song is exactly as long as it needs to be, which is the hardest length for a songwriter to find. Songs like Tadap Yeh Din Raat Ki - Amrapali are the reason people fall in love with Hindi music and never quite fall out of it.